Texas Pulls Out of Merit Scholarship Program - Current Event 3

This article was about the scholarships given to the top ranking students of high school as an incentive to attend University of Texas (though they are not the only university doing so). I think that the plan to take part of that money and putting it toward financial aide to those students who made the grade but were not qualified for a National Merit Scholarship is a great idea. I have been in college longer than I had hoped to be but I am thankful to have had help from a program my parents started when I was in elementary school. If it hadn't been for this program my family would have had a difficult time paying for me to go to college. Not to mention, my parents make too much money to qualify for FAFSA. I think that having financial aide available that could help the lower percentage of high school students that want to go to college is a financial decision worth making. I also agree with the statement at the end, "scholarships shouldn't be awarded on the basis of test scores alone." These merit scholarships are given to students who have the highest high school GPA and the highest SAT scores and PSAT scores, well if there's a student, like me, who freezes when it comes to putting a test on the table in front of me and does terrible on it, but has good grades otherwise, then that student should have the same opportunities as the ones who are lucky enough to be good at test taking.